In this week's Listen Up, Brendan Keenan's 'Across the Atlantic' brings Irish culture from both sides of the pond.

Check out some of our favourite new Irish songs to hear this week Fred again.. has released his new remix of Dundalk rapper Reggie’s track ‘Talk of the Town’, featuring English DJ Sammy Virji. The ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

Freelance journalist and broadcaster, writing about music and the arts. We Irish are renowned for our sense of humour, often of the blackest kind; as the saying goes, 'We laugh to keep from crying'.

“Wild Mountain Thyme” is an Irish folk song with strong roots in Scottish traditions. The Belfast-based folk musician Francis McPeake took an old Scottish song from the early 19th century, “The Braes ...

American singer-songwriter Joan Baez's haunting cover of the Irish folk song "Carrickfergus" will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Performing in Bratislava, then part of ...

"We share a front-facing humility and an inward monstrous cockiness," says McKenna of the duo, who also financed and shot ...

Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the shipwreck that took 29 lives.

The city is bursting with merriment this time of year and we’ve rounded up the best festivities, in order to make planning ...

Adelaide has no shortage of open-mic events, at which people of all ages and abilities emerge from the shadows and shine ...

We're officially in full fall mode, Milwaukee! That not only means seasonable events outside, but a full calendar of sports, concerts, food events and more happening throughout the city.

Join us in this fascinating DIY woodworking project as we guide you through the process of creating a traditional cow bullock ...